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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Test Valley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
120 approved · 415 refused · 459 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2019 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Post Hill Farm Salisbury Road Sherfield English Romsey Hampshire SO51 6FL
Received 16 Jan 2026Meriden Kooyong Close East Wellow Romsey Hampshire SO51 6BL
Received 16 Jan 2026Land North Of Oxlease Meadows Romsey Hampshire SO51 7AB
Received 16 Jan 2026The Garden House Heathman Street Nether Wallop Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 8EW
Received 16 Jan 2026Embley School Embley Park Romsey Hampshire SO51 6ZE
Received 19 Jan 202615 Stanbury Road Thruxton Andover Hampshire SP11 8NS
Received 19 Jan 2026Springbank Newport Lane Braishfield Romsey Hampshire SO51 0PL
Received 19 Jan 2026Fern Cottage Penny Lane Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6JJ
Received 19 Jan 2026Trees At Emery Close North Baddesley Hampshire
Received 19 Jan 2026Yosemite Little Wood West Wellow Romsey Hampshire SO51 6GE
Received 16 Jan 2026Sopers Bottom Farm Sopers Bottom Lane Ragged Appleshaw Andover Hampshire SP11 9HR
Received 19 Jan 2026Dilly House Wildhern Andover Hampshire SP11 0JF
Received 19 Jan 2026Chilworth Woods University Parkway Southampton Science Park Chilworth Southampton Hampshire SO16 7PT
Received 19 Jan 2026Chilworth Woods University Parkway Southampton Science Park Chilworth Southampton Hampshire SO16 7PT
Received 19 Jan 2026Estcourt Ox Drove Picket Piece Andover Hampshire SP11 6ND
Received 19 Jan 2026Birchwood Heatherlands Road Chilworth Southampton Hampshire SO16 7JD
Received 19 Jan 2026Blandford House High Street Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6HB
Received 19 Jan 2026The Old House Ibthorpe Andover Hampshire SP11 0BJ
Received 19 Jan 202650 Sarum Close Shipton Bellinger Tidworth Hampshire SP9 7TY
Received 20 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To 11 Ox Drove Picket Piece Andover Hampshire SP11 6ND
Received 20 Jan 2026Carbery House Salisbury Hill Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6EZ
Received 20 Jan 2026Forge Cottage Fyfield Andover Hampshire SP11 8ES
Received 21 Jan 20266 The Avenue Andover Hampshire SP10 3EL
Received 21 Jan 2026Domus Barrett Church Lane Awbridge Romsey Hampshire SO51 0HN
Received 21 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Test Valley Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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